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Mem to Aware
e Religious Organization Believed Not One of iany Branches
As Arrogant
Br LOUIS CASSEL
UP1 Coiropcudefti
Roman Catholics never
pe:ik of "our denomination"
and rarely o "our church."
; They call it "the church."
The distinction ii more than
iemantic. To a Catholic, the
world-wide relisioui organiza
tion of 500 million members
which haj ita headquartera in
JRome ia not simply one of
many branches of the Chris
tian church.
It ia the "one true church"
the only institution in the
world which can authentically
and authoritatively proclaim
the Gospel of Jesus Chriat.
Major Stumbling Block
Catholics are well aware
that this claim is regarded by
non-Catholics as arrogant, and
as a major stumbling block to
Christian unity. But they can
not readily surrender or com
promise it, because it is direct
ly related to the dogma of in
fallibility, which is the key
stone of all Catholic doctrine.
Catholics believe that Christ
commissioned His apostles to
establish a church, which was
to be not merely a spiritual
fellowship of like-minded peo
ple but a visible, unified or
ganization with definite rules,
prescribed beliefs and a hier
archical system of govern
ment. They believe that authority
over the church was vested in
the apostles, and has passed
down to their successors, he
bishops. And they believe that
supreme authority was vested
in St. Peter, and has passed
down to each man who has
succeeded him as bishop cf
Rome, or Pope.
Impossible to Err
Since Jesus was fully aware
of the weakness of the human
beings to whom He entrusted
H meeeuge, Catholics t
litvc, lit tOAk tyeciie! steps to
mats eur tbal ihtf fju4 nut
,14 ttw ehtmh trtray. Ht
dottted the epoetin (and their
auccoor viih 4i;at pre
tention tikh rn;k,te it imfoa
sltita tot (Item o err vhen
they undertake to define th
context of the ChxUtUn reve
lation. That if what Cuthollea mean
by, "infallibility."
It should be noted that the
"infallible teaching authority"
ia regarded oj being lodged
primarily in thii church rath
er than iu the Tope aa an in
dividual. During the first 19
centurioi of the church'a his
tory, the basic dogmas which
Catholics consider infallibly
true were proclaimed jointly
by all of the bishops assem
bled in an ecumenical world
wide council, such as the one
which will meet in Rome in
1962.
The last ecumenical council
met at the Vatican in 1870. It
resulted in a dogma declaring
that the Pope alone could
make infallible pronounce
ments under certain circum
stances. The circumstances are these:
the pronouncement must deal
with a matter of faith or
morals (not political) or social
beliefs or anything else of that
kind; and the Pope must make
clear that he is speaking to
the whole church "ex cathe
dra" - that is, "from the
chair" of St. Peter.
Use Power Sparingly
This power has been used
very sparingly by the popes.
Only once in the past 91 years
has a Pope undertaken to de
fine, ex cathedra, an article
of Catholic faith. That was in
1950, when Pope Pius XII pro
claimed as a dogma the long
held Catholic belief that the
Virgin Mary was bodily as
sumed into heaven at the end
of her life on earth.
Are "non infallible" papal
pronouncements, such as those
found in encyclicals, binding
on a devout Catholic?
There is much confusion on
this point, among Catholics as
tjell as non-Catholics.
Some Catholics look upon
paptjl encyclical at piece of
fatherly 'vie which can b
keened or ignored. Some nu
Catholici quote from the ert
cylicala of long-dead p.-pr aa
thoturh every word of them
were current and inviolable
law for all Catholics.
The truth ia somewhere be
tween these extremes. A Cath
olic who is both devoted and
well-instructed will trr to givt
"positive assent" to all of the
religious and moral teachings
of the church, and w ill be par
ticularly respectful ot papal
encyclicals, even though he
does not regard his acceptance
of them as absolutely man
datory.
When a priest or bishop - of
for that matter, the Pope -goes
clearly outside the realm
of faith and morals, and offers
advice on a political issue.
Catholics know they are free
to spurn his guidance. Their
readiness to do just that was
demonstrated in the recent
Puerto Rican elections.
Embrace by Single Act
Non-Catholics are inclined
to feel that the authoritative
nature of the Catholic Church
-symbolized by the dogma of
infallibility-subject Catholics
to "thought control" and de
prives them of freedom of con
science. To Catholics, how
ever, it is a comforting assur
ance. Instead of trying to think
through every religious ques
tion for himself on the basis
of his own understanding and
insight, as many Protestants
and Jews feel compelled to do,
a Catholic can embrace the
entire body of the church's
doctrine by a single act of
faith, in which he accepts the
church as a divinely-established
institution "incapable of
teaching error."
What role does the Bible
play in Catholic teaching?
This question is often asked
by Protestants who regard
Holy Scripture as the only
authoritative source of Chris
tian doctrine.
The Catholic Church holds
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that the Bible is the divinely
inspired evord of God - a defi
nition that evould satisfy even
tVitrtemeHiel. Protestant.
ftiit it also holds the, the
t Itureh " preceded end ro-ftut-ed
the He' Testament, and
that the ecriptures can be
porperly under sloml only
whn eapleined and interpret
ed by the church. "Private in
terpretation" of th Wible - a
basic principle of Proteitrwit
itm - is strictly, forbidden in
the Catholic Church.
Catholic also believe that
there are many authentic
truths of the Christian revela
lation which were not record
ed in the Bible, but have ben
handed down by word of
mouth for centuries. This ver
bal "tradition" is considered
to be a valid source of doc
trine, alongside the Bible.
Many Catholic beliefs about
the Virgin Mary are based on
tradition rather than scripture.
Next: The role of the Virgin
Mary in Catholic piety.
The Family . Council
Editor's Nulr: Tht Family Council con&lsls of a JtJce, a psyi-tiU-trlst,
three rlercvmen. three editors and a womea's enr. lat'l article
Is a summary of ait actual case history. The Couai-tl rt-rU o proa
s' ems that ha vi bfi'n dealt with by respoiftihle aali counlors.
(Copyright 1961 General Features Corp J
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Small
Worlds
Around
Us
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vyuiruiis
(Register & Tribune Syndicate. IDfil)
Guy L. - It's hard to know
when her grouch is "official."
Heloise L. - A man can't
understand the exhaustion and
depression a woman goes
through.
Guy L. - The months' run
together awfully fast in our
house, judging from Hcloise's
disposition. Granted that she's
entitled to be a little irritable
every four weeks, it's hard to
know when her grouch is "of
ficial" and when she's just
taking advantage of her fe
maleness. I grew up with five sisters,
and I must say they didn't go
"t e m d e r a m e n t a 1" every
I month. And all around I sec
girls and women doing their
jobs, even hard physical ones.
There's no difference in their
behavior or appearance.
Maybe I'm wrong but I
think Heloise is "milking" her
condition for all it's worth.
How much indulgence is she
really entitled to?
...
Heloise L, - Guy has no
business comparing me to oth
ers. All I know is I have a
hard time each month. I get
Porpoise vs. Shaik?
Nothing to It
You would not have to
spend much time around any
seacoast where the bottlenose
porpoise is common without
having someone tell you about
the terrible battles that take
place between the porpoise
and the shark.
By the number of times the
story is told, and the great
number of people who claim
to have seen it, it is remark
able that there are any sharks
left alive. There may be in
stances where a shark might
attempt to eat a baby por
poise. At such a time the
mother would attack the
shark; the entire porpoise
school might help her, but this
would seldom happen under
human observation.
The shark lives much of its
life at the bottom of the shal
low sea, or some several feet
below the surface in the deep
er parts. The porpoise spends
most of its time near the top.
The shark is a coward; the
porpoise on the other hand,
has no grudge against it. The
porpoise is much too intelli
gent to spend any time fight
ing sharks; it just isn't con
sistent with his nature.
They're Playful
The explanation of the
"shark vs. porpoise" battle,
and the reason why so many
people think the conflict takes
place so often, is probably
due to the porpoise's playful
ness. These animals have de
vised several games they play
with reckless abandon. One
porpoise takes a fish in its
mouth and starts away; he is
"it."
The other porpoises of the
school take after him. The
one carrying the "ball" may
make an end run, may even
try a smash right through the
"line." Often one or more of
the animals will hurl itself up
into the air. The entire school
may travel over many miles
of ocean during these games.
Dozens of people along the
shore and on bridges and boats
may witness the entire per
formance sometime during its
course. And probably half of
the people that see the game
think the animals are battling
sharks.
Other Games
Another game played with
out a "ball" consists mainly of
rapid short runs, back and
forth, over and under until it
is impossible for the observer
to tell if there are several, or
many porpoises in the "game."
Some of the animals play a
game that resembles "cross
tag." Any of these games, viewed
from a distance or from the
viewpoint of a man in a boat,
Section of Road
For Winnemucca
To Sea Is Started
Lakeview - Another section
of the Winncmucca-to-the-sea
highway route has been start
ed. Earth moving and bridge
construction on the 9.2 miles
of new highway from Adel to
the fool of Greaser canyon
was said well started last
week. Completion of the state
highway department contract
by Continental Construction
company, Corvallis, is sched
uled for June 1.
This section of the Adel
Winncmucca rd. will cross
Warner valley and connect
with earlier construction at
the foot of Greaser canyon.
Three bridges in the valley
have been subcontracted to
II. G. Carl company, Salem.
Construction Started
Construction was started
last summer by the Hutchins
company, Roseburg, on the
section from the foot of
Greaser canyon to the top of
Blizzard gap, 6.5 miles.
Beyond that, and for 6.5
miles into Guano valley, the
Lake county road department
pioneered a road last summer.
The road from there up
Dougherty slide to the Nevada
state line, about 71 miles, was
built earlier by Lake county.
The entire road from the
state line to Winnemucca,
about 145 miles, has been fin
ished and paved. The Adel to
Lakeview road had been
paved previously.
The Blizzard -Greaser sec
tion was the first state con
tract and involved monies of
the county, federal and state.
The new section across War
ner valley uses federal and
state money.
terrible headachea and feel
extremely nervoua. And!
there's fatigue and lojeyiwu
to struggle with.
His bawling me out doesn't
help any. When he says he
feels under the weather, I'm
all sympathy for him. But
when I ask him to o easy on
me and not make demands,
he suspects I'm putting on an
act.
Maybe other women are
luckier. They can proceed as
usual. But even when I was
at school, I'd get special per
mission to skip gym or be
excused from orchestra prac
tice, when those days rolled
around. 1 felt wobbly and
couldn't concentrate. 1 still
have special problems.
I'd go to a doctor, but noth
ing's really wrong. Guy is just
unfeeling.
...
The Council: Hie thee to a
doctor, Heloise, for t' e answer
that will either silc -;e Guy
or satisfy him. The news
is that at last prei: onstrual
tension is acknowledged and
recognized as a full-fledged
"condition," and that it can
be treated and almost elimi
nated in most instances.
This may not apply to Hel
oise, but the "bad news" is
that the psychological changes
in a woman at this time are
independent of the physical
processes. This means that the
grouchy gal would be grouchy
anyway, only now she has
something to blame it on. A
neurotic woman will act up
under any stress, and this is
just another of a series.
It behooves Heloise to let
a doctor decide whether her
distress is caused by hormon
al, nutritional, mechanical or
psychological difficulties. Al
though she says "Nothing's
wrong," and would insist that
she's cquanimical and easy to
live with most of the time,
Guy disagrees. And the Coun
cil votes with Guy.
Granted that Heloise's dis
comfort is real and that her
plea for pampering is legiti
mate, there's no reason for
accepting this as the perma
nent "lot in life" for Heloise
and Guy. The bloated, heavy
feeling, for example, may be
due to fluid-retention which
is readily treatable. A period
ic drop in the blood-sugar lev
el may account for tiredness
and dizziness. Diet can rem
edy that. And tranquilizers
are invoked for the psycholog
ical factors In the cyclic ten
sion picture.
Getting the true medical
picture should settle these
questions: Is Heloise afflicted
with special problems, or is
she just a cry-baby? Is Guy's
squawking justified or is he
just a cold potato? Would the
whimpering end if Heloise ex
ercised a little self-discipline
and used some common-sense?
Or is she entitled to medica
tion and T.L.C. (tender loving
care) en route to a cure?
The next Instalment, played
in the doctor's office, may
well be the happy ending for
the problem.
could look like a fight be
tween a porpoise and a shark.
Besides, we "want" to believe!
that a shark has a relentless!
enemy in the porpoise. !
The porpoise's nose is a
pretty sensitive part of its
body; It is not made for ram
ming into hard bodies. The
porpoise and the shark have
lived in the same ocean for
many millions of years. They ;
may not be "bosom friends," j
but they certainly are not
mortal enemies. The "fights"!
between the porpoise and the
shark occur more often in the ;
Imagination of the observer!
than in the waters of the
ocean.
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